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ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATION 2 Alphabetic division AF - GZ
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
It’s required an extensive knowledge of architectural history and fundamentals of statics, science of construction and survey techniques. It is also crucial the acquisition of the main principles of the restoration and the knowledge of current debate in the discipline, as it is developed in the course of “Restauro 1”."
Objectives
Contents The course offers the student, as a future architect, the contents needed to deal with the project aimed at the conservation and restoration of architectural heritage. The most up to date methods for the conservation and restoration of materials, surfaces and structures will be presented. Such content will be treated as part of the national and international cultural debate, in continuation of the course "Restauro 1" (3rd year).
Extended Syllabus TRADITIONAL BUILDING MATERIALS
1. The stone: tools, workmanship, surface finishing.
2. The bricks: equipment and manufacturing systems.
3. The binders and the coatings: limes, gypsum and aggregates. Paints and surface finishing.
4. The wood: physico-chemical characteristics, workmanship and applications.
THE CONSERVATION OF MATERIALS AND SURFACES
1. The treatment of stone surfaces: cleaning, consolidation and protection.
2. The treatment of the brick structures.
3. The treatment of the plaster and painting, the restoration of the frescoes.
THE CONSERVATION OF STRUCTURES
1. Guide-lines in conservation of foundations and structures, vaults and roofings.
2. Traditional and innovative systems in retrofitting after 2009 seism
3. Restorations and reinforcements after 2009 earthquake in historic buildings and towns
4. Rehabilitation of damp walls.
Recommended Bibliography L. BARUCHELLO, G. ASSENZA, Diagnosi dei dissesti e consolidamento delle costruzioni. Manuale pratico, Roma, DEI – Tipografia del Genio Civile, 1998
G. CIGNI G., B. CODACCI PISANELLI, Umidità e degrado negli edifici. Diagnosi e rimedi, Roma, Kappa, 1987
C. CONTI, G. MARTINES, C. USAI, Gli interventi di conservazione su materiali e superfici, in G. CARBONARA (a cura di), Trattato di restauro architettonico, Torino U.T.E.T., 1996, vol. 3°
G. CANGI, Manuale del recupero strutturale e antisismico, Roma, D.E.I. – Tipografia del Genio Civile, 2005
L. LAZZARINI, M. LAURENZI TABASSO, Il restauro della pietra, II ed., Torino, Utet Scienze tecniche, 2010
G. MASSARI, I. MASSARI, Risanamento igienico dei locali umidi, Milano, Hoepli, 1981
S. FRANCESCHI, L. GERMANI, Manuale operativo per il restauro architettonico, Roma, D.E.I. – Tipografia del Genio Civile, 2003
Teaching Methods The contents will be presented in classes and in exercises about buildings that need to be preserved or restoration work. Concrete cases of restoration will be analyzed during some visits to sites in historic buildings. There will be lectures and conferences of professors from other universities and scientific institutions.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The evaluation takes place at the end of the course by an oral examination and discussion on the design. Other checks are made during the course through short exercises and multiple choice quizzes. The checks are an integral part of the final evaluation.
Contacts/More Information The reception schedule for students will be announced at the beginning of the academic year.